<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Adds new child at the end of the children</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="class.domnode.html">DOMNode</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="domnode.c14n.html">DOMNode::C14N</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.domnode.html">DOMNode</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="domnode.appendchild" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">DOMNode::appendChild</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DOMNode::appendChild</span> — <span class="dc-title"> Adds new child at the end of the children </span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-domnode.appendchild-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DOMNode::appendChild</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.domnode.html" class="type DOMNode">DOMNode</a></span> <code class="parameter">$newnode</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This function appends a child to an existing list of children or creates a new list of children. The child can be created with e.g. <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createelement.html" class="methodname">DOMDocument::createElement()</a></span>, <span class="methodname"><a href="domdocument.createtextnode.html" class="methodname">DOMDocument::createTextNode()</a></span> etc. or simply by using any other node. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-domnode.appendchild-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">newnode</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The appended child. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-domnode.appendchild-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> The node added. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-domnode.appendchild-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR</code></strong></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Raised if this node is readonly or if the previous parent of the node being inserted is readonly. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR</code></strong></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the type of the <em><code class="parameter">newnode</code></em> node, or if the node to append is one of this node's ancestors or this node itself. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><strong><code>DOM_WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR</code></strong></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Raised if <em><code class="parameter">newnode</code></em> was created from a different document than the one that created this node. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-domnode.appendchild-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> The following example will add a new element node to a fresh document. <div class="example" id="example-5426"> <p><strong>Example #1 Adding a child</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DOMDocument</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createElement</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"para"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newnode </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">appendChild</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">saveXML</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-domnode.appendchild-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.insertbefore.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::insertBefore()</a> - Adds a new child before a reference node</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.removechild.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::removeChild()</a> - Removes child from list of children</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="domnode.replacechild.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DOMNode::replaceChild()</a> - Replaces a child</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="class.domnode.html">DOMNode</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="domnode.c14n.html">DOMNode::C14N</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.domnode.html">DOMNode</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>